% @% "#$A $A A VRGR $"#(!#1')VCEBRS WWT!Pa!RT%&!$"#1$# $%"7$&*123 +,*+*- .+/(( ,+0(1 " 2 10!+,+. 2%*./800/,D ,E0*%G!0%,%H%* 3 0 .3!81 +8,+.+,!01,* +08/0!0%, *02.00,02. 2% !00,1 ! *,! *, .* ,! ,* 0*,.! D0*,+,E F,D1,, !64>:$$ 9:6 B, 0 , " 89- .,-.5.5: *3/ ) ) *+ , + .3!81 communiqué, women police beat in-charge, chowki in- - - % . " personnel have been tasked charge, station officer and the xpressing displeasure over with the responsibility of circle officer would be held !010 Union Centre and Trade Union Ethe increasing incidents of implementing ‘Mission responsible. Coordination Centre have crime against women in the Durachari’. They will identify Meanwhile, ‘Operation armers’ union in Punjab come out in support of “Bharat state, Chief Minister Yogi offenders, whose posters will Shakti’ was also launched in Fbegan their three-day “Rail Bandh”. The Ola Cab Drivers’ Adityanath on Thursday direct- then be put up at public places Lucknow to tackle crimes Roko” protest on Thursday Association and lorry drivers’ ed officials to take strict action across the state. against women in the state. against the three farm Bills, association too have decided to against those involved in sex- The release said that the On the instructions of IG while others have given a call support the farmers and are ual harassment cases. The chief operation would be imple- Lucknow Range, Laxmi Singh, for a nationwide “bandh” on unlikely to operate on Friday. minister also ordered officials mented as to the anti-Romeo this operation was conducted September 25, and indefinite Meanwhile, several social that posters those harassing squads operated in the state. in Unnao, Hardoi, Sitapur, “Rail Roko” protest from media users were quick to females be put up at public The police teams in every dis- Lakhimpur, Rae Bareli and October 1. According to farm- point out that NCB has sum- places to “name and shame” trict would be crack the whip Lucknow rural area. ers’ leaders, roads, highways moned Bollywood actress them. on criminals committing So far, action has been initi- and rail tracks will be blocked. Deepika Padukone on Earlier, posters were put up crimes against women. ated against 2,200 accused in a Farmers from Western September 25 itself in a drug by the administration to “name The chief minister further month. FIRs have been registered Uttar Pradesh, Madhya case, on the day of nationwide and shame” the accused who said that people should know against 822 people while 770 Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, West protests by farmers. Social allegedly caused damage to who were the people who were accused have been served notice. Bengal, Kerala, Karnataka, media is abuzz with speculation public property during the vitiating the atmosphere in The action also includes litiga- Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra that this may act as a diver- protests against the Citizenship society and indulging in crime tion, restriction and imposition have decided to join the farm- sionary tactic. Amendment Act (CAA) and against women. of challans for hampering the ers’ protests. The farmers have In view of the mass National Register of Citizens He said that in case any peace. This action was taken after also received support from 18 protests, Railway authorities (NRC) in the state capital. incident related to crime reports of molestation surfaced political parties, including the said 26 pairs of special trains According to an official against women took place, the from the area. Congress which has and nine parcel trains will Governments in four States, remain suspended from TMC in West Bengal, Left in September 24 to September 26, Kerala, AAP in Delhi, TRS in while 20 trains have been par- Telangana, Samajwadi Party tially canceled, five terminated R in Uttar Pradesh, Shiv Sena and before destination. " # #$ % " NCP in Maharashtra. Among the trains that will & " '($ ! ! As many as 10 Central remain suspended are the 2 1 . / trade unions, including All Golden Temple Mail Jalpaiguri), Sachkhand Express 1+ 3 3 # % ! / India Trade Union Congress, (Amritsar-Mumbai Central), (Nanded-Amritsar) and R - O National Trades Union Jan Shatabdi Express Shaheed Express (Amritsar- Congress, Centre of Indian (Haridwar-Amritsar), New Jaynagar), officials said. Many % 45 Trade Unions, Hind Mazdoor Delhi-Jammu Tawi, freight and parcel trains have , 46 , % . ! !010 like Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri the overall scenario. Sabha, All India United Trade Karambhoomi (Amritsar-New also been rescheduled. ! % . % Lanka, and Nepal recorded Farmers under the banners . / " , . % . ix months after India first just 1,666, 533, 11 and 1,172 In many States, ever since of Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh % . Simposed lockdown, the cases respectively. the antigen testing has been Committee and the Bharatiya N+ + O country has emerged as the While India is nearing 6 introduced, the positivity rate "" Kisan Union (Ekta Ugrahan) %8 " O, O worst global hotspot — so million caseloads, the next in has drastically come down. It squatted on rail tracks in # 2 much so that India’s daily tally the Asian list is Iran with just clearly shows that the real pic- Barnala, Sangrur, Ferozepur is more than double of Asia and 4.32 lakh cases. Bangladesh, ture of coronavirus spread is far and Amritsar on Thursday * 9: one and a half times more than Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and worse than reflected by the out- " R morning. They have set up "9;"9: 96 that of entire Europe. Put Turkey occupy third, fourth, come of the tests. tents on railway tracks in the " " together, these two continents fifth, and sixth spots with 3 The situation in Africa is State. Farmers in Fazilka and have more than 100 nations. lakh plus cases. Pakistan has far better than Asia. As many Abohar districts took out trac- the farm Bills. According to A representative of organ- India’s daily spike is also 10 3,07,418 cases. as 57 nations of the continent %# tor rallies in their districts. farmers leaders, over 100 farm- isations said roads and railway times more than the total num- The latest trend shows that registered just 8,000 new cases They vowed to gherao BJP ers and arhatiya (commission tracks will be blocked at 125 ber of cases recorded by 57 while Asian countries have on Thursday with an average of leaders and socially boycott agents) will participate in the places across Punjab. African nations. come to terms with the virus — fewer than 150 cases. Of them, those who voted in favour of nationwide shutdown. Continued on Page 11 When India declared the at least 10 of them recorded no around 16 countries didn’t reg- first of a series of lockdowns on fresh case on Thursday and 15 ister a single case while nearly March 25, the country had less of them recorded new cases in two dozens logged cases in "#$%$% "# than 500 Covid-19 cases and double-digit only — Europe is double-digit numbers. "$&$'&)*+ was placed at the bottom of the seeing a resurgence in the The European situation is world tally. In six months, the number of cases and talks of becoming alarming again with !010 Kolkata: Veteran atomic sci- cases have shot up to nearly 6 fresh lockdowns have begun to the United Kingdom, France entist and former chairman of million, and India now occupies do the rounds. and Spain registering around he farm Bills are loaded in !" Atomic Energy Commission the second spot in the world. India’s situation is worri- 10,000 new cases every day, but Tfavour of small farmers Dr Sekhar Basu succumbed to During the same period, some because the country con- the USA has stabilised and vis-à-vis investors and these Covid-19 on Thursday at a pri- barring India all other Asian tinues to see bigger spikes numbers are also declining in would completely transform #$$ vate hospital here, a health countries have staged remark- week after weeks. The number some of the worst-affected their lives, said Union take their produce to mandis. department official said. He able fightbacks against coron- of cases is impacted by low test- nations of South America. Agriculture Minister Narendra There are 25-30 people with breathed his last just three avirus. On Thursday, while ing on weekends or reduction However, India is showing Singh Tomar on Thursday. licences in these mandis. They /./+, “Today Simone Khambatta days after turning 68. “Dr Basu India recorded nearly 87,000 in the number of testing due to no sign of plateauing out. Tomar said the Bills do auction of produce. and Shruti Modi joined the was suffering from Covid and cases, 48 Asian countries put any other reason. While some States like passed by Parliament will Whatever price is decided in ontinuing its investigations investigation and statements in other kidney ailments. He died together reported just 40,000 The huge margin of error Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh bring revolutionary changes in the auction, farmers are bound Cin the Sushant Singh this regard have been record- at 4.50 am,” official said. cases. India’s close neighbours in antigen testing has clouded and Tamil Nadu are reversing the lives of farmers as they can to sell their produce at that Rajput death-related drug case ed at NCB. Tomorrow Rakul the trend and registering a sell their produce to any buyer, price whether they are happy and the expanded Bollywood- and Karishma will be joining & '() ! reduced number of cases dur- get a guarantee of price of their or not because if they decide drug nexus case, the Narcotic the investigation,” NCBs / 4959<:= =;=;><?=94; ing the last one week, new crops, go for crop diversifica- to take their products and go Control Bureau (NCB) grilled Deputy Director (Operations) ** , :>;=5> >>>5>?<;?; States are replacing them with tion, use new technology and home and come back again, Sushant’s ex-manager Shruti KPS Malhotra said.